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Old 03-24-2010, 06:53 AM   #9
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Originally Posted by Graham View Post
The more this pans out the more strange it seems that Apple have decided to use their own DRM. Surely the choice of custom DRM can only be to try to lock users into their own store? But if they then allow a Kindle app and a B&N app and an Adobe Adept app, when iBooks is itself a separate app for download, they might as well have gone with an industry standard DRM in the first place.

Graham
I believe they would have if it werent an ADOBE DRM!

I personally feel apple would of been happy to not bother with any DRM but publishers insisted and they didnt want to have an external companies DRM to pay for when they have their own! so....
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